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" The number of children receiving the MMR vaccine is still not sufficient to prevent an outbreak of measles, figures have shown. A paper published in the Lancet medical journal in 1998 suggested a link between the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and autism. The paper has since been discredited - and the journal acknowledged it should never have been published - but many parents are still concerned about the flawed allegations. As a result, the latest NHS statistics show that uptake is still below the required 95 per cent level in England, having risen only slightly to 85 per cent. Tim Straughan, acting chief executive of The Information Centre, told the BBC: &amp;#039;Whilst it is encouraging to see that uptake of the MMR vaccine has risen slightly for the third successive year, more needs to be done to ensure we meet the levels recommended by the World Health Organisation.&amp;#039; The effectiveness of MMR vaccination has been shown in a number of studies, including a recent paper published in the Lancet that confirmed child deaths from measles had fallen by 60 per cent since 1999 following a massive global vaccination campaign. \u00A9 Adfero Ltd "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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